A 36-year-old man from Kolkata underwent a 12-hour-long complex spine surgery at a private hospital in Chennai. The man had been having difficulty in walking and maintaining balance for 10 years. He consulted Kauvery Hospital’s K. Sridhar, who found a complex deformity of the spine between the neck and chest, compressing the spinal cord. Dr. Sridhar and his team performed a successful surgery in three stages – releasing the spinal cord, correcting the deformity and reconstructing the spinal column. The patient’s hand function improved considerably and he is now walking with minimal support.